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 92 STAT. 2266

PUBLIC LAW 95-561—NOV. 1, 1978 u JOINT FUNDING

20 USC 3204.

Contract or grant requirements.

"SEC. 614. Pursuant to regulations prescribed by the President, where funds are advanced under this title, and by one or more other Federal agencies for any project or activity, funded in whole or in part under this title, any one of such Federal agencies may be designated to act for all in administering the funds advanced. In such cases any such agency may waive any technical grant or contract requirement (as defined by regulations^ which is inconsistent with the similar requirements of the administering agency or which the administering agency does not impose. Nothing in this section shall be construed to authorize (1) the use of any funds appropriated under this title for any purpose not authorized herein, (2) a variance of any reservation or apportionment under section 604 or 605, or (3) waiver of any requirement set forth in sections 606 through 611. " A T TO R N E Y FEES

20 USC 3205.

"SEC. 615. Upon the entry of a final order by a court of the United States against a local educational agency, a State (or any agency thereof), or the United States (or any agency thereof), for failure to comply with any provision of this title or for discrimination on the basis of race, color, or national origin in violation of title VI of the Civil Rights Act of 1964, or the fourteenth amendment to the Constitution of the United States as they pertain to elementary and secondary education, the court, in its discretion, upon a finding that the proceedings were necessary to bring about compliance, may allow the prevailing party, other than the United States, a reasonable attorney's fee as part of the costs. "NEIGHBORHOOD SCHOOLS

20 USC 3206.

"SEC. 616. Nothing in this title shall be construed as requiring any local educational agency which assigns students to schools on the basis of geographic attendance areas drawn on a racially nondiscriminatory basis to adopt any other method of student assignment. "DEFINITIONS

20 USC 3207, '•' •'

"SEC. 617. Except as otherwise specified, the following definitions shall apply to the terms used in this title: "(1) The term 'equipment' includes machinery, utilities and built-in equipment and any necessary enclosures or structures to house them, and includes all other items necessarj for the provision of educational services, such as instructional equipment and necessary furniture, printed, published, and audiovisual instructional materials, and other related material. j " (2) The term 'institution of higher education' means an educational institution in any State which— "(A) admits as regular students only individuals having a certificate of graduation from a high school, or the recognized equivalent of such a certificate; "(B) is legally authorized within such State to provide a program of education beyond high school; "(C) provides an educational program for which it awards a bachelors degree; or provides not less than a two-year program

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